[TheForge] Flatter vs. set hammer

[Stephen Viola]

hehehe What ever "coke" you are using Peter may I suggest you burn it
and not snort it! ;o)

Stephen

On 24/12/06, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
> It is a shearing effect.The edge of a set hammer has a smaller
> radius ( sharper corner) than most other blunt hot work tools.
> It brings to mind an image of earnest blacksmiths wielding
> single-jacks and set hammers to shear whole flocks of sheep,
> pinned against the edges of anvils, on misty green hillsides.
> Or maybe not....pf
>
> GHS wrote:
> > Harry, I have never done it, but the description sounds like the flatter
> > is being used like the second shear blade or a chisel.
> >
> > Mike Graf
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